Chicago Indie Film Awards recently announced the winners of its latest monthly edition. The festival is growing into an important indie festival for all independent filmmakers from around the world. It is never an easy task being an indie filmmaker with an original cinematic voice. While the pandemic has made it more challenging for all filmmakers and film festivals, the Chicago Indie Film Awards is continuing its monthly program with the hopes of discovering and recognizing talented indie filmmakers.
Here is the full list of the winners:
Best Narrative Feature
Pink Opaque
Directed by: Dave Ragsdale
Best Experimental Feature
Adams' Apples
Director: John Strasberg
Best First Time Filmmaker & Best Producer & Best Composer
The World Without You
Director: Damon Shalit
Producer: Suzanne Johnson Composer: Jeremy Cain Adelman
Best Experimental Short
ALEPH
Director: Joao Butoh
Best Narrative Short & Best Actor & Best Script
Meanwhile
Director: Kleber Macedo
Actor & Writer: Bernardo Felinto
Best Documentary Feature
Higher Grounds
Director: Stuart Svenson
Best Documentary Short
Swipe Left: The Age of Disposable Relationships
Director: Amber Ostergaard
Best Experimental Director
Heron – Fragrance of violence
Director: Natalie Sutinen
Best Animation
Tank Talk-2 Who Ate Carl?
Director: Mike Salva
Best Science Fiction
UNDERPASS
Director: Montana Bertoletti
Best Horror
Queen of the Dead
Director: Justin Head
Best Director
Love is not Love
Director: Stephen Keep Mills
Best Editing & Best Cinematography
Infinite Tao
Director Kai Deng
Best Actress
Alexa Morden for The Colour of Spring
Best Unproduced Script
The Mountains Are Calling
Writer: Eva Bennett
Best Series
Ruthless
Director: Michelle Snyder
Best Comedy
The Assistant
Director: Peter Calvin
Best Student Film
After You
Director: Shannon DiSalle
Best Music Video
Lost In Pantitlán
Director: Emilio Guerrero Alexander
Best Thriller
FOLLOW THE ARROW
Director: Marc SAEZ
Best Trailer
Dead Souls: Apocrypha Black
Director: Korea Black
Best Indie Film
The Colour of Spring
Directed by: Paul Andrew Kimball
